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Table 3 Hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for mortality due to cancer, circulatory disorders, or suicide of all individuals (N = 5 006 523) aged 16–64 years who lived in Sweden in 1995 and not on disability pension (DP) before, during the follow-up 1996–2009, by DP diagnosis in 1995 and sex

From: Diagnosis-specific disability pension and risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality – a cohort study of 4.9 million inhabitants in Sweden

DP diagnoses

Death from cancer

Death from circulatory diseases

Death from suicide

Women

n (%)

Crude HR

HR (95% CI)a

n (%)

Crude HR

HR (95% CI)a

n (%)

Crude HR

HR (95% CI)a

No DP 1995

37973 (1.97)

1

1

11429 (0.47)

1

1

2159 (0.09)

1

1

DP all causes

1098 (5.39)

3.60 (3.39–3.82)

1.42 (1.33–1.51)

546 (2.68)

5.96 (5.47–6 49)

1.87 (1.71–2.04)

77 (0.38)

4.42 (3.52–5.55)

2.88 (2.28–3.63)

Musculoskeletal

410 (46.1)

2.60 (2.36–2.87)

0.99 (0.90–1.09)

185 (20.8)

3.90 (3.38–4.52)

1.18 (1.02–1.37)

19 (0.19)

2.12 (1.35–3.32)

1.58 (1.00–2.49)

Mental

112 (25.3)

1.95 (1.62–2.35)

1.08 (0.90–1.30)

86 (19.5)

4.99 (4.03–6.16)

2.36 (1.91–2.92)

46 (1.21)

14.05 (10.49–18.82)

7.23 (5.37–9.72)

Circulatory

69 (27.8)

3.96 (3.12–5.01)

1.06 (0.84–1.34)

104 (41.9)

19.90 (16.41–24.14)

3.96 (3.25–4.81)

< 7 (0.25)

3.01 (0.97–9.32)

1.62 (0.52–5.05)

Injuries and poisonings

30 (41.1)

2.61 (1.82–3.73)

1.12 (0.78–1.60)

14 (19.2)

4.05 (2.4–6.84)

1.40 (0.83–2.37)

< 7 (0.27)

3.05 (0.76–12.22)

1.85 (0.46–7.40)

Neurological

34 (21.7)

2.79 (1.99–3.90)

1.32 (0.94–1.85)

29 (18.5)

7.92 (5.5–11.41)

3.29 (2.29–4.75)

< 7 (0.12)

1.43 (0.20–10.18)

0.88 (0.12–6.28)

Respiratory

46 (22.9)

6.02 (4.51–8.04)

1.98 (1.48–2.64)

28 (13.9)

12.31 (8.49–17.83)

3.16 (2.18–4.58)

< 7 (0.34)

4.54 (1.14–18.18)

3.20 (0.8–12.83)

Cancer

268 (90.5)

46.47 (41.21–52.40)

13.54 (12.00–15.29)

7 (1.19)

4.08 (1.95–8.57)

0.91 (0.43–1.91)

0 (0)

0

0

Endocrine

22 (17.1)

3.51 (2.31–5.33)

1.27 (0.84–1.93)

45 (34.9)

24.04 (17.94–32.21)

6.48 (4.83–8.69)

< 7 (0.22)

2.78 (0.39–19.73)

1.58 (0.22–11.21)

Others

107 (40.2)

3.64 (3.01–4.40)

1.40 (1.15–1.69)

48 (18.0)

5.44 (4.1–7.23)

1.60 (1.20–2.12)

< 7 (0.15)

1.79 (0.58–5.56)

1.17 (0.38–3.65)

Men

         

No DP 1995

39881 (1.57)

1

1

33081 (1.30)

1

1

6131 (0.24)

1

1

DP all causes

1158 (6.58)

4.72 (4.45–5.00)

1.41 (1.32–1.49)

1476 (8.39)

7.23 (6.86–7.62)

1.78 (1.69–1.88)

117 (0.67)

3.06 (2.55–3.68)

1.76 (1.46–2.13)

Musculoskeletal

402 (34.4)

3.97 (3.60–4.38)

1.13 (1.02–1.24)

373 (31.9)

4.43 (4–4.91)

1.11 (1.00–1.23)

21 (0.31)

1.34 (0.87–2.05)

0.90 (0.59–1.39)

Mental

119 (15.6)

2.30 (1.92–2.75)

1.19 (0.99–1.43)

187 (24.5)

4.34 (3.76–5.01)

1.67 (1.44–1.93)

69 (1.88)

8.57 (6.76–10.87)

4.18 (3.29–5.32)

Circulatory

189 (19.8)

5.51 (4.77–6.35)

1.10 (0.95–1.27)

524 (54.8)

18.33 (16.81–19.98)

2.87 (2.63–3.14)

7 (0.27)

1.30 (0.62–2.73)

0.64 (0.3–1.34)

Injuries and poisonings

37 (24.7)

2.93 (2.12–4.04)

0.96 (0.70–1.33)

41 (27.3)

3.91 (2.88–5.31)

1.01 (0.75–1.38)

7 (0.81)

3.58 (1.71–7.51)

1.81 (0.86–3.8)

Neurological

40 (15.9)

4.15 (3.04–5.66)

1.50 (1.10–2.05)

70 (27.8)

8.72 (6.9–11.03)

2.65 (2.09–3.35)

7 (0.94)

4.64 (2.21–9.73)

2.68 (1.27–5.62)

Respiratory

43 (22.9)

6.62 (4.91–8.93)

1.60 (1.18–2.15)

48 (25.5)

8.87 (6.68–11.77)

1.86 (1.40–2.47)

< 7 (0.2)

0.98 (0.14–6.96)

0.63 (0.09–4.48)

Cancer

205 (82.3)

67.57 (58.90–77.51)

17.05 (14.85–19.59)

18 (7.2)

7.08 (4.46–11.24)

1.43 (0.90–2.28)

< 7 (0.27)

2.07 (0.29–14.7)

1.07 (0.15–7.58)

Endocrine

36 (14.3)

6.21 (4.48–8.61)

1.58 (1.14–2.19)

112 (44.6)

23.14 (19.22–27.85)

4.65 (3.86–5.60)

< 7 (0.2)

1.09 (0.15–7.71)

0.56 (0.08–3.99)

Others

87 (25.7)

4.25 (3.44–5.24)

1.32 (1.07–1.63)

103 (30.5)

6.05 (4.98–7.34)

1.60 (1.32–1.94)

< 7 (0.2)

0.94 (0.3–2.92)

0.59 (0.19–1.82)

  1. aAdjusted for age, education level, area of residence, country of birth, family situation, and in-patient care.